that are going on here that are post-election that have caused the c word to pop back up in president obama's lexicon and that is compromise. the first is the fact that he's dealing as ben said with a very intransigent section of the house he knows boehner can't get him to come along with. he's got to have some sweeteners in there in order to get just the sufficient raw votes to get something passed. the second thing is -- i'm probably going out on a limb here. i think the tragedy in sandy hook -- the president has mentioned more than once he expects that the american people expect people to be adults and that this tragedy has focused that kind of perspective on him in a way that usually it hadn't. i submit that up until that point or up until these two points when reality sets in, the president probably was more willing to storm and make sure that the progressive agenda gets heard but now we've had a different situation. he's enconsed with john boehner. he's got the reminder that people want adult leadership in the room. that's where his comfort zone usually is. >> i sort of thought that thi